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Behind Blue Eyes
Behind every face, a story 💙
Who it's for
The Who's classic gives voice to someone whose outward image hides a lonely, misunderstood inner life.
Lonely and misread→Understood
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Behind Blue Eyes" was written by Pete Townshend and released in 1971 as a single from The Who's album Who's Next. Townshend wrote it for his unfinished Lifehouse project as the theme of the story's villain. It is a first-person lament from a character who sees himself as a good person cast as the villain, anxious and angry under the pressures and temptations around him.
Where to find it
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Before you start
Age: All ages
This above all: to thine own self be true,William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
